Basketball at the African Games

Basketball has been a discipline of the African Games event since the first edition in 1965 in Brazzaville, Republic of the Congo.

Basketball at the African Games
Basketball
First event1965 Republic of the Congo Brazzaville
Occur everyfour years
Last event2015 Republic of the Congo Brazzaville
Most successful team(s)Egypt

Starting at the 2019 event, "regular" 5-on-5 basketball was replaced by 3x3 basketball.

Men's tournaments edit

Summaries edit

Men's Basketball
Year Host   Gold   Silver   Bronze
1965
Details
  Brazzaville  
Egypt
 
Senegal
 
Congo
1973
Details
  Lagos  
Tunisia
 
Cameroon
 
Egypt
1978
Details
  Algiers  
Senegal
 
Ivory Coast
 
Tunisia
1987
Details
  Nairobi  
Angola
 
Senegal
 
Ivory Coast
1991
Details
  Cairo  
Egypt
 
Central African Republic
 
Senegal
1995
Details
  Harare  
Egypt
 
Mali
 
Nigeria
1999
Details
  Johannesburg  
Egypt
 
Angola
 
Nigeria
2003
Details
  Abuja  
Angola
 
Senegal
 
Nigeria
2007
Details
  Algiers  
Angola
 
Egypt
 
Nigeria
2011
Details
  Maputo  
Nigeria
 
Mozambique
 
Angola
2015
Details
  Brazzaville  
Angola
 
Egypt
 
Nigeria

Participating nations edit

Nation 65
 
73
 
78
 
87
 
91
 
95
 
99
 
03
 
07
 
11
 
15
 
Years
  Algeria 4th 4th ? 5th 4th 5
  Angola 1st ? 2nd 1st 1st 3rd 1st 7
  Burkina Faso ? 1
  Cameroon 2nd 4th 8th ? 4
  Cape Verde 6th ? 2
  Central African Republic 2nd 1
  Congo 3rd 6th 2
  DR Congo 9th 1
  Ivory Coast ? 2nd 3rd 4th 6th 8th 7th 7
  Egypt 1st 3rd 1st 1st 1st 2nd 5th 2nd 8
  Gabon 8th 1
  Kenya 4th 1
  Liberia 11th 1
  Madagascar ? 1
  Mali 3rd 2nd 4th 9th 4th 5
  Mozambique ? 2nd 5th 3
  Nigeria ? ? 3rd 3rd 3rd 3rd 1st 3rd 8
  Rwanda 7th 1
  Senegal 2nd 4th 1st 2nd 3rd 5th 2nd 7
  Seychelles 9th 1
  Somalia ? 1
  South Africa 6th 7th 10th 3
  Tunisia 1st 3rd 10th 2
  Zimbabwe ? ? 2

Medal Table, men's edit

RankNationGoldSilverBronzeTotal
1  Egypt4217
2  Angola4116
3  Senegal1315
4  Nigeria1056
5  Tunisia1012
6  Ivory Coast0112
7  Cameroon0101
  Central African Republic0101
  Mali0101
  Mozambique0101
11  Congo0011
Totals (11 entries)11111133

Women's tournaments edit

Summaries edit

Women's Basketball
Year Host   Gold   Silver   Bronze
1965
Details
  Brazzaville  
Senegal
 
Madagascar
 
Egypt
1973
Details
  Lagos  
Senegal
 
Madagascar
 
Egypt
1978
Details
  Algiers  
Senegal
 
Cameroon
 
Nigeria
1987
Details
  Nairobi  
Zaire
 
Angola
 
Senegal
1991
Details
  Cairo  
Mozambique
 
Senegal
 
Zaire
1995
Details
  Harare  
Senegal
 
Mozambique
 
Egypt
1999
Details
  Johannesburg  
Senegal
 
DR Congo
 
Nigeria
2003
Details
  Abuja  
Nigeria
 
DR Congo
 
Senegal
2007
Details
  Algiers  
Senegal
 
Nigeria
 
Angola
2011
Details
  Maputo  
Senegal
 
Angola
 
Nigeria
2015
Details
  Brazzaville  
Mali
 
Nigeria
 
Angola

Participating nations edit

Nation 65
 
73
 
78
 
87
 
91
 
95
 
99
 
03
 
07
 
11
 
15
 
Years
  Algeria ? 6th 8th 9th 4
  Angola 2nd 4th 3rd 2nd 3rd 5
  Cameroon 2nd 9th 5th 3
  Congo 10th 1
  DR Congo 1st 3rd 2nd 2nd 8th 10th 6
  Ivory Coast 6th 9th 5th 7th 4
  Egypt 3rd 3rd ? 3rd 4
  Gabon 8th 1
  Kenya 7th 5th 5th 6th 4
  Madagascar 2nd 2nd ? 3
  Mali 10th 12th 1st 3
  Mozambique 4th 1st 2nd 5th 4th 4th 6th 7
  Nigeria 3rd 6th 4th 3rd 1st 2nd 3rd 2nd 8
  Rwanda 7th 1
  Senegal 1st 1st 1st 3rd 2nd 1st 1st 3rd 1st 1st 4th 11
  Somalia 5th 1
  South Africa 6th ? 2
  Tunisia 4th 7th 2
  Uganda ? 1
  Zimbabwe ? 11th 11th 3

Medal Table, women's edit

RankNationGoldSilverBronzeTotal
1  Senegal71210
2  Nigeria1236
3  DR Congo1214
4  Mozambique1102
5  Mali1001
6  Angola0224
7  Madagascar0202
8  Cameroon0101
9  Egypt0033
Totals (9 entries)11111133

Medal table, combined edit

RankNationGoldSilverBronzeTotal
1  Senegal (SEN)84315
2  Angola (ANG)43310
3  Egypt (EGY)42410
4  Nigeria (NGR)22812
5  Democratic Republic of the Congo (COD)1214
6  Mozambique (MOZ)1203
7  Mali (MLI)1113
8  Tunisia (TUN)1012
9  Cameroon (CMR)0202
  Madagascar (MAD)0202
11  Ivory Coast (CIV)0112
12  Central African Republic (CAF)0101
Totals (12 entries)22222266
  • DR Congo : ex. Zaire

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